Trump tweets Mexico will 'eventually' pay for the wall 'in some form' after Democrats also agree to pay for it

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Trump tweets Mexico will 'eventually' pay for the wall 'in some form' after Democrats also agree to pay for it
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Well, this clears everything up.

On Sunday, Donald Trump unveiled a lengthy, well-considered border security plan.

Oops, sorry, I meant a few confusing tweets.

So Trump is upset Democrats won't fund his border wall ... even though Mexico will pay for it--eventually, at a later date, in some form?

Truly, this will assuage fears that taxpayers will be on the hook for the $21.6 billion border wall (according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security), especially after the former president of Mexico said the country was "not going to pay for that fucking wall."

The people of the internet were less than confident Trump has everything under control.

Maybe Trump is trying to confuse his enemies with unorthodox grammar.

So, why the sudden pressure over the wall? Trump has threatened to not sign any spending bill that doesn't include funding for the wall--something that could result in a government shutdown this week.

Seeing as even prominent Republicans--including the second most powerful Republican in the Senate, John Cornyn--have expressed doubts over the wall, the Trump camp has its work cut out for it.

Overall, Trump's hoping there's nothing a little wishful thinking can't do.

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Keith Wagstaff

Keith Wagstaff is an assistant editor at Mashable and a terrible Settlers of Catan player. He has written for TIME, The Wall Street Journal Magazine, NBC News, The Village Voice, VICE, GQ and New York Magazine, among many other reputable and not-so-reputable publications. After nearly a decade in New York City, he now lives in his native Los Angeles.

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